Richard Nixon
Watergates Scandal
- June 17, 1972
- burglars were caught in Watergate Complex
- Nixon claimed involvement
- CIA tried to stop FBI
- Members under Nixon convicted
- Members say Nixon has oval office tapes
- the burglars went into Watergate to wire tape the phones to get dirt on them. they had to go back in because one of the phones wasn't working and they got caught.
- he said "he let hate get him"
Gerald ford
- july 14, 1913
- was a star college football player
- served the Navy during WWII
- Died in 2006
- Became President without being voted in his first term
- Ran again but lost to Jimmy Carter 1976
- Economic Policy Board
- "whip inflation now" - WIN
- Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1974
- Freedom of Information Act
- Privacy Act of 1974
- Energy Policy conservation Act
- Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Act
- "Sunshine" Law
- Evacuate Troops form Vietnam reduced inflation/Unemployment
- credited for restoring public confidence
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